Yes. Offensive isn't an issue with this team, it's defense. Smith and Howard would be deadly together on the inside.

offense isnt the problem with the first unit,very,very true. but i believe the 2nd unit's offense might prove be the downfall of this team. we need a player who can create offense off the dribble. we dont have a player who can do that on a consistent basis, if the offense stalls, i.e whenever the ball ends up on the wing; whos our best option at that point?mwp?hes not consitent enough,hes good, but i dont trust him to get me a good shot more times than not

offense isnt the problem with the first unit,very,very true. but i believe the 2nd unit's offense might prove be the downfall of this team. we need a player who can create offense off the dribble. we dont have a player who can do that on a consistent basis, if the offense stalls, i.e whenever the ball ends up on the wing; whos our best option at that point?mwp?hes not consitent enough,hes good, but i dont trust him to get me a good shot more times than not

We do need bench help, I agree. But I believe we can address that for cheap, giving up Gasol for bench players doesn't make sense to me unless we are getting a legit package of role players.

We do need bench help, I agree. But I believe we can address that for cheap, giving up Gasol for bench players doesn't make sense to me unless we are getting a legit package of role players.

ya i dont want to trade Pau for strictly bench players either,despite my name, and ive said it a bunch of times - we need to get a stretch 4 who can board (Antoni wants this) and a bench piece for pau, if we were to trade him.

[expletive] it was too good to be true. I thought they had picks because that site I linked showed empty spots for the Lakers 2013 second round pick and the 2015 first round pick. They really did go all in for Nash and Dwight. All they have is the Nuggets top 55 protected pick and if it's anything 55 or below, the obligation goes away. I still have faith in Mitch to pull off a smaller deal.

Please stop shifting the blame to someone else. This is ALL on Pau Gasol. He's taking 12 shots a game this season; the season he averaged 18/11/3 and 54% shooting, he was getting 13 attempts a game...that's what you call a bull[expletive] excuse.

If he's the fourth option it's because he relegated himself to that role. It's not Kobe Bryant's, Dwight Howard's, and Steve Nash's faults that Pau Gasol is shooting 43% from the field. It's no one else's fault that he gets bent over defensively, it's no one else's fault that Pau Gasol won't play consistent basketball.

This is the biggest drop off of production in the history of the league. He's worst than garbage.

The guy is averaging 13/4/9 not many people in the league average that. His field goal percentage is down because he is shooting more jumpers because Dwight is in the paint.

he was shooting a worse percentage from the paint, his jump shot were what kept his percentage from dropping lower

he was shooting a worse percentage from the paint, his jump shot were what kept his percentage from dropping lower

hes barely shot in the paint. he has sho much more outside the paint, so missing 1 shot in the paint affects that percantage much more than areas where he has shot a lot at. again u just like to disagree with people because you always want to be right about eveything.

As for Pau's worth to this team, it's debatable but not established by a "ceiling" in this offense, nyu. He's got all of the physical tools and talent to be successful in a free flowing offense if he makes subtle adjustments to his P&R play (positioning, roll speed, roll timing and aggressiveness), there aren't too many players we could get in return who would do a better job, nyu.

Am I supporting Pau, nyu? No...but I would not be surprised if they stuck with him, nyu.